Weekly Update

I have three things I wanted to do tonight. This update is one of them; I need to work on a column (this one is challenging!) and I need to study for A+ certification, for which I am woefully behind.

Instead, I'm tracking overcharged from priceline at the hotel, and playing SongPop on facebook while I'm catching up with the AV Club on the Onion.

Not sure where I lost my focus, but it's gone somewhere.


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I'm not sure why I've taken this one to heart so closely. Like I said on Facebook, "I've almost always gotten along better with animals than I have people. I also don't have children of my own, and most likely never will- just as well, I don't get along well with them, either. I guess what I'm saying is that I want so badly to see this project succeed because I would like all pets to have a home. They're very close - but they need to raise an additional $4,000 in 8 days.'

And they are close- she needs $28,000 to make it happen, and the pledges are just shy of $24,000, with eight days to go. I just increased my own pledge by another $20.

I wish there was an easy way to share all of the projects I'm backing. Another one that I'm backing is

Send Grandma to Poland!

She's raising $9,000 to go to Poland wit some art of hers that was chosen for an exhibit there. And she's 80! It's wonderful.


She has 38 days left to make her goal of $9,000, and I think she'll make it- she's at just over $6k now. I made a small pledge, and she sent me the nicest thank you email. I felt like she would have given me cookies, if I had been there. Her quilts are absolutely gorgeous, too.




Plus, if her goal is reached, she's going to do something extra nice:

"If my funding goal is reached, I hope to celebrate with all my backers and Kickstarter staff with a party at my Soho/Greenwich Village apartment (with spectacular views of the New York skyline)....expect an invitation for February if all goes well!"

What a lady!

(My addiction to kickstarter is not helping me save money, lol.)



I think that is it for this week.  There may not be an update next week, as I am on vacation, so I'll see you again in two weeks!

ETA: Here you can listen to a NPR report on another project I backed, the Tesla Museum.

72 Film fest

The film made from my script was one of three finalists in its category! I don't think it won, however, but still, that's awesome!

Writing

So, I'm working in October's column tonight, and I'm excited by it. It's going to be a challenge, and it stems from a conversation I had with dreamer_easy about my experiences in strip clubs. When she said i should write a column about it, I replied that I didn't think it would be suitable for publication.

And so, there's the challenge- how can i write a column about strip clubs that is suitable for publication?

I think I've found a way. And if it works, it will be a very, very funny way.